praxulus

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by praxulus 3mo ago
We're commenting on the fact that demand has surged in the last few months. Russian and American behavior from a decade ago didn't (directly) cause that.
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by praxulus 7mo ago
The government can refuse to buy a fighter jet that runs software they don't want. Is it really reasonable to refuse to buy a fighter jet because somebody at Lockheed who works on a completely unrelated project uses claude to write ema
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by praxulus 8mo ago
It is possible that the root cause is an individual person being bad. This hasn't been as common recently because people were told not to be villains and to dislike villains, so root causes of the remaining problems were often found bu
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by praxulus 1y ago
>A customer actually has no competitor to move to - crunchyroll has a defacto monopoly (barring piracy). When fansubs were good, Crunchyroll was forced to compete with them on quality. It's hard to convince people to pay when the al
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by praxulus 1y ago
I know a lot of Gen Z and even Millennial adults who are still living at home well after finishing school. I'm sure plenty of them would love to get out of their parents' homes but can't afford current rents, but might be abl
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by praxulus 1y ago
Yes, part III section C is all about the effect of house prices on fertility. There's certainly an effect, but previous studies have shown that housing costs can only account for a small share of the drop in fertility.
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by praxulus 2y ago
How is this creating value for shareholders? They wasted a bunch of engineer and pm salaries building useless products that never made (and now never will make) any significant money.
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by praxulus 2y ago
Is there reason to believe authors aren't getting a cut of the library license costs? I used to buy my ebooks until I realized libraries had ebook catalogues. A large portion of the books I've borrowed are sales the author lost, t
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by praxulus 3y ago
You can, it's called an Alford plea. You maintain your innocence but accept the plea deal anyway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alford_plea
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by praxulus 3y ago
I've been aiming for 12 books a year for the last 5 years or so. Sometimes I'll go months without picking up a book, and the challenge is helpful for getting me back into it.
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by praxulus 3y ago
I'm an anti-car urbanist, but this kind of comment makes me embarrassed to be one. Different people like different things. The fact that something is bad for the climate doesn't magically make it unpleasant for everyone. That rema
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by praxulus 3y ago
I moved into a house with a yard last year and since the spring it has been nothing but a source of extra chores. Even my dog doesn't care much for it, he's happier going for a walk around the neighborhood. Different people have d
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by praxulus 3y ago
How is spitballing a presentation cheating? It's the equivalent of taking a test without studying, not presenting somebody else's work as your own.
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by praxulus 3y ago
The occupy movement had a leader?
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by praxulus 3y ago
The first category in the "education" section is a list of the five best novels set in boarding schools. I don't think they're suggesting that reading those books will make you an expert on how to operate/regulate&#
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by praxulus 3y ago
Most Americans already have electric stoves, and its disproportionately higher income people who still cook with gas. I know this is all based more on vibes than facts though.
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by praxulus 3y ago
If anything free education allows you to raise your standards. The group of applicants who are academically qualified should be strictly larger than the group that's both academically qualified and willing to pay tuition. With a larger
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by praxulus 3y ago
I live in Seattle, not San Francisco, but we have some similar issues with our schools. I'd really prefer to send my son to our local public schools, but if they aren't challenging him appropriately then my wife and I obviously ar
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by praxulus 3y ago
I guess you could call Uranium nuclei star fossils?
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by praxulus 4y ago
What do you suggest we do instead?
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by praxulus 4y ago
>Dr Spiegel says that encouraging patients to get plenty of sleep before and after a vaccination appointment is an ideal way for a medical system to maximise its vaccine stock and ensure that the benefits granted are as large as possible
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by praxulus 4y ago
My wife is my productivity assistant. It works great. Since COVID started we've had our desks next to each other, and even though she's not constantly checking on me, I know she can see if I'm just wasting time. On days where
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by praxulus 4y ago
Which alternative is less dystopian? * Clearcut wilderness to build more suburban homes * Don't build more homes, just stuff more people into existing homes * Let the excess population live in cars or on the sidewalk * Cull the excess
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by praxulus 4y ago
Net metering just doesn't make sense though. Everyone who wants to rely on the grid for power availability ought to pay for grid upkeep costs. Net metering would make sense if it came on top of a baseline "connectivity fee" t
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by praxulus 4y ago
So did my parents. I'm going to be a father any day now, and you can be sure I'll do the same. I don't see how it's "fair" that I was born to hardworking, financially responsible parents, while most others were
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by praxulus 4y ago
Of course it's unfair. It's the definition of unequal opportunity. That doesn't necessarily mean it's immoral or should be illegal, but how could you argue that it's fair that some people get free money while others
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by praxulus 4y ago
It'd be great if google offered an option for a video call with a reviewer for $500/hr as an escalation option for businesses who are getting nowhere with the regular process. Ideally you'd get a refund if you turned out to b
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by praxulus 4y ago
I would much prefer an explicit data cap known ahead of time to random unexpected throttling.
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by praxulus 4y ago
The interesting thing for me has been the completely unintentional collapse in gaming time as I've gotten older. I was borderline addicted to games in high school, but the low barrier to in-person socializing in college, followed by re
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by praxulus 4y ago
The evidence includes the actual record of rising temperatures, rising CO2 levels, and laboratory experiments that confirm that the greenhouse effect exists. None of those are just models. I'm extremely surprised that even a single sci

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